Patent AU-2021254520-B2 (AU)
Title: Suture anchor driver
Inventor: LOMBARDO GIUSEPPE
IPC: A61B17/04
Filed: 2021-10-18
Granted: 2023-11-02
Abstract: A suture anchor driver with a tensioning mechanism. The suture anchor driver 
has a handle (402) with a proximal end, a distal end, and a locking arm (416) with a 
pawl (412) extending therefrom . The handle (402) has a recess (410) with a barrier 
member (502) extending across the recess (410). The recess (410) is configured to retain 
a spool (504) having a first surface and a second surface with at least partially separated 
first and second channels extending therebetween. A plurality of teeth (514) extend 
radially from the second surface of the spool (504). A recess within the second channel 
of the spool (504) is configured to store needles connected to a length of suture; . In a 
first configuration, the pawl (412) of the locking arm (416) extends between two of the 
plurality of teeth (514). In a second configuration, the locking arm (416) is displaced 
such that the pawl (412) is above the plurality of teeth (514). The spool (504) is not 
rotatable in the first configuration and is rotatable in the second configuration.  
(Fig 11 to accompany abstract) 
13 3233135.3 10/19/2018 
16277280_1 (GHMatters) P114309.AU
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